[ Academia ] [ Litigation ] [ Regulatory & Policy ] as a Relevant Course outside SLS for those interested in Social Science : This course provides a broader social context for the circumstances that can lead to crime and incarceration by considering race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and elsewhere, including the social dynamics of ethnic hostility. Students may want to take one or more courses dealing with social science perspectives on crime.

General course
Description:

(Graduate students register for 245.) Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. The processes that render ethnic and racial boundary markers, such as skin color, language, and culture, salient in interaction situations. Why only some groups become targets of ethnic attacks. The social dynamics of ethnic hostility and ethnic/racial protest movements.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law